ICE Dollar Index Falls 0.18% to 101.599 in New York Late Trading

A sub-0.2% move in the dollar index is routine noise, but the intraday shape is the more telling detail: a V from an Asia-Pacific low through the U.S. open, then a steady fade into late New York. That pattern suggests the dollar's early bid failed to hold once U.S. hours matured, a softness echoed by the smaller decline in the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index. For crypto and other dollar-sensitive risk assets, the marginal takeaway is a mildly less firm greenback rather than a regime shift. Whether that late-session drift extends into the next session is the open question.